cuerpo lúteo yellow body / corpus luteum
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| Language pair: | Spanska till Engelska |
| Definition / notes: | The yellowish mass of tissue that forms in the cavity of a Graafian follicle in the ovary of a mammal after the release of the egg cell. It secretes the hormone progesterone. Some species of sharks, reptiles, and birds have similar structures in their ovaries but the function of these is less well understood. |
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